robodog
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The topic title says it all. How'd you first learn about Tamas or VPets?
My story may be a little odd. You see, I didn't hear about Tamagotchi first. My first encounter with Virtual Pets involved Giga Pets. My half sister was in town with my niece. We ended up at the mall ( me, my sister, my niece and my mom ) and my sister wanted to stop by Kay Bee Toys and pick up a Giga Pet for my niece since her old one stopped working or something. They explained the concept to me and I have to admit I thought it was a stupid idea at the time. Why would I want to care for a bunch of pixels shaped like an animal? I remember thinking it would be better if it were a more physical creature like a robot instead of a creature on a small keychain. Yeah, basically I thought up something like Furby before Furby actually came out. I was about 18 or 19 at the time.
So Furby did come out a year or so later. It was the kind of thing I wanted when I first heard of virtual pets and I promptly fell hard into the whole VPet thing. During my searches for Furby info on the web I kept hearing mention of Tamagotchi. Curious, I started looking at Tamagotchi sites and realized I kind of wanted one. I was still skeptical but by that time Tamagotchis were on clearance so buying a few wouldn't really cost much. If I didn't like them it wouldn't be that big a loss. Turns out I did like them though. Aside from robotic pets like Furby and Poo-Chi I also started collecting keychain VPets. I had Tamagotchis, Giga Pets, Some Buzz Lightyear VPet thingy, Pocket Pikachu pedometer pets and a Nano Puppy. I no longer have them. Though I love Tamagotchi I think I miss Nano Puppy most of all my keychain pets. He was awesome!
My story may be a little odd. You see, I didn't hear about Tamagotchi first. My first encounter with Virtual Pets involved Giga Pets. My half sister was in town with my niece. We ended up at the mall ( me, my sister, my niece and my mom ) and my sister wanted to stop by Kay Bee Toys and pick up a Giga Pet for my niece since her old one stopped working or something. They explained the concept to me and I have to admit I thought it was a stupid idea at the time. Why would I want to care for a bunch of pixels shaped like an animal? I remember thinking it would be better if it were a more physical creature like a robot instead of a creature on a small keychain. Yeah, basically I thought up something like Furby before Furby actually came out. I was about 18 or 19 at the time.
So Furby did come out a year or so later. It was the kind of thing I wanted when I first heard of virtual pets and I promptly fell hard into the whole VPet thing. During my searches for Furby info on the web I kept hearing mention of Tamagotchi. Curious, I started looking at Tamagotchi sites and realized I kind of wanted one. I was still skeptical but by that time Tamagotchis were on clearance so buying a few wouldn't really cost much. If I didn't like them it wouldn't be that big a loss. Turns out I did like them though. Aside from robotic pets like Furby and Poo-Chi I also started collecting keychain VPets. I had Tamagotchis, Giga Pets, Some Buzz Lightyear VPet thingy, Pocket Pikachu pedometer pets and a Nano Puppy. I no longer have them. Though I love Tamagotchi I think I miss Nano Puppy most of all my keychain pets. He was awesome!